Friday 25 November 2022 11:11 PM Devastated friend of Walmart shooting victim slams killer as 'evil' man who ... trends now

Friday 25 November 2022 11:11 PM Devastated friend of Walmart shooting victim slams killer as 'evil' man who ... trends now
Friday 25 November 2022 11:11 PM Devastated friend of Walmart shooting victim slams killer as 'evil' man who ... trends now

Friday 25 November 2022 11:11 PM Devastated friend of Walmart shooting victim slams killer as 'evil' man who ... trends now

Andre Bing, the Walmart gunman who massacred six people inside the Virginia store where he worked had a manifesto on his phone - where he revealed he was upset about a change in his employment status

Andre Bing, the Walmart gunman who massacred six people inside the Virginia store where he worked had a manifesto on his phone - where he revealed he was upset about a change in his employment status 

A devastated friend of one of the Walmart mass shooting victims has branded the killer an 'evil' man who 'pre-planned' the slayings - by writing down a kill list of his co-workers and ranting about them in a paranoid suicide note. 

Ronald Johnson, 49, paid tribute to his friend Brian Pendleton, 38, who was one of the six people murdered by Andre Bing during the superstore massacre in Chesapeake, Virginia on Tuesday.

Johnson, who previously worked at the same Walmart and lives in the Chesapeake area, said he considers Brian a 'brother' and had also met 31-year-old Bing - who he claims was 'targeting managers' at the company.

He told DailyMail.com he had known Pendleton for more than 15 years and that he was a 'wonderful' and 'funny' man who did 'anything for anyone' - adding that his family is 'hurting' from the shooting.

During his killing spree the manager shot dead Pendleton, Randall Blevins, Lorenzo Gamble, Kellie Pyle and Tyneka Johnson - whose name was circled on a kill list of co-workers found by DailyMail.com outside his home. 

He also killed 16-year-old Fernando Chavez-Barron, known to loved ones as Fernando Jesus, who had just started working as a restocker part-time. It was his first job. A vigil was held for him on Thursday.

Ronald Johnson, 49, paid tribute to his friend Brian Pendleton, 38, who was one of the six people murdered by Andre Bing during the superstore massacre in Chesapeake, Virginia on Tuesday

Ronald Johnson, 49, paid tribute to his friend Brian Pendleton, 38, who was one of the six people murdered by Andre Bing during the superstore massacre in Chesapeake, Virginia on Tuesday

Brian Pendleton, one of the six Walmart workers slaughtered by Andre Bing, was described as s a 'wonderful' and 'funny' man who did 'anything for anyone'

Brian Pendleton, one of the six Walmart workers slaughtered by Andre Bing, was described as s a 'wonderful' and 'funny' man who did 'anything for anyone'

A woman places flowers at a memorial outside the Walmart in Chesapeake

A woman places flowers at a memorial outside the Walmart in Chesapeake

Four people who were shot survived the attack and remain in the hospital, including Jalon Jones and Jessica Wilczewski. Another survivor, Blake Williams, 23, is on a ventilator, and clinging to life, according to his family. 

Wilczewski said she was allowed to flee by the killer - who told her 'go home Jessie' after shooting dead other colleagues. 

In a paranoid and rambling suicide note, Bing branded his colleagues as 'idiots' who looked at him with 'twisted grins'.

The disgruntled murderer claimed Walmart staff mocked him and compared him to 'Jeffrey Dahmer', as well as creating a 'secret code' to ridicule him.

But Johnson rubbished these claims and said Brian would never 'joke with someone if they didn't want to be joked with' and was not the type to be accused of picking on anyone. 

He told DailyMail.com: 'Brian was family, I loved him like a brother. He would give you the shirt off his back if you had it, he would laugh with you. He wanted to see his family be on top, he would do anything for anyone. Brian loved the neighborhood, he was dedicated to his job.

'He would only talk good about his co-workers, he never had a big altercation with anyone over that job. I used to call him black budda, with the braids.'

The suicide note - which is headlined 'Death Note' by the gunman Andre Bing - was found on the killer's phone after the mass shooting and released by Chesapeake police on Friday

The suicide note - which is headlined 'Death Note' by the gunman Andre Bing - was found on the killer's phone after the mass shooting and released by Chesapeake police on Friday

In the rambling, paranoid note, Bing claimed his coworkers gave him 'evil, twisted grins'

In the rambling, paranoid note, Bing claimed his co-workers gave him 'evil, twisted grins'

Bing ended the note, saying: 'My God forgive me for what I'm going to do ...'

Bing ended the note, saying: 'My God forgive me for what I'm going to do ...'

Johnson was also quick to dismiss any attempts to blame Bing's actions on the state of his mental health.  

'This is not a mental health issue, he said. 'Everyone that has mental health doesn't go out and kill innocent people. He let somebody go, he could have let them all go. It was premeditated.

'Sometimes you have to accept that you have good people and evil people. To me this was an evil act, so I wouldn't blame it on mental health. 

'The shooter said they compared him to Jeffery Dahmer. He was nothing like him,' he added.  

The rambling suicide note, headlined 'Death Note', was found on Bing's phone after the mass shooting and released by Chesapeake police on Friday. 

Bing appeared offended by the comparison to Dahmer and claimed:

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